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Definition of: pedant
(ped′ənt) noun
1. A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning, or who insists upon the importance of trifling points of scholarship.
2. Obs. A schoolmaster; teacher. [<F pédant <Ital. pedante, prob. <Med. L paedagogans, -antis, ppr. of paedagogare teach <L paedagogus. See PEDAGOG.]
—pe·dan·tic (pi·dan′tik) adjective
—pe·dan′ti·cal·ly adverb
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